Re: [igraph] Choosing between different methods of detecting communities

[Minh Nguyen]

Hi,

On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:21 PM, Roey Angel <address@hidden> wrote:
> I was wondering if there's a way to choose between the methods, either by
> experience (e.g. 'method x typically gives best results) or with some
> statistical test.

There is a general class of statistical tests called the significance
of community.  The relevant ideas and techniques can be found in the
following papers.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.82.066106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.81.046110

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